Category Archives: Policy

Exporting for success

  My column for the November issue of Platinum Business magazine    

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Looking forward to 2016

My December 2016 article for Platinum Business magazine looking forward to issues that will be facing us in 2016           The full magazine can be found here    

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The Volkswagen debacle and the lack of good governance

With every day that passes we see a further unravelling of the disaster that’s affecting VW Group. It’s been interesting to see how this has affected their multitude of brands and how it will impact on new models, R&D and … Continue reading

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Discussing the thorny issue of immigration

    My recent article in South East Business Magazine discusses the thorny topic of immigration and what it means for the business community. Immigration seems to be a political “hot potato” for any Government but the events of the … Continue reading

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New column in “Platinum Business”

      Mt new column in Platinum Business magazine launched this month, some more contentious topics to come for sure!

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Time to celebrate successful leadership

        Those of you who attended the  Gala Dinner  for the IoD London and South East Director of the Year awards back in the spring, will I’m sure like me, have been very impressed with the excellent … Continue reading

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Who leads the field in good governance?

My latest article for South East Business Magazine on the issue of good governance   You can find the full article here SE Business article   You can find the full IoD report here IoD report    

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PyTerra in “The Water Report”

My colleague David Arscott has written an interesting article on the future of water services along with colleagues from Ricardo-AEA and WSP. It details how the delivery of water services could be reformed by democratising, integrating and optimising the delivery … Continue reading

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Solving the productivity conundrum

Recently the new Uk Parliament published a paper on productivity www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN06492.pdf  in an attempt to further raise the  importance of the subject with our politicians (who probably aren’t the most productive bunch themselves – but that’s another story). Jonty Bloom’s recent paper … Continue reading

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The start of another political campaign

        My latest article in South East Business magazine sets the scene for the upcoming debate over the UK’s continuing membership of the European Union. The last survey of IoD members over a year ago though our … Continue reading

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